Public holidays in Tuvalu


The following are public holidays in Tuvalu.
DateEnglish nameTuvaluan name
1 JanuaryNew Year's DayTausaga Fou
Second Monday in MarchCommonwealth Day
moveable in springGood Friday
moveable in springHoly Saturday
moveable in springEaster
moveable in springEaster Monday
Second Monday in MayGospel DayTe Aso o te Tala Lei
Second Saturday in June
Queen's Official Birthday
First Monday in AugustNational Children's DayAso Tamaliki
1 October Tuvalu Day
Second Monday in NovemberHeir to the Throne's Birthday
25 DecemberChristmas DayKilisimasi
26 DecemberBoxing Day

Also, the regions observe the following regional holidays:
DateAtoll/IslandNameRemarks
8 JanuaryNanumeaTe Po o TefolahaThe day Nanumea embraced Christianity brought by the London Missionary Society through Samoan pastors.
11 FebruaryNukufetauTe Aso o TutasiHonors the Tutasi school.
16 FebruaryNuiBogin te Ieka Commemorates the Tsunami that struck the island on that day in 1882.
15 AprilNanumagaAho o te Fakavae
23 AprilFunafutiFunafuti Bomb DayCommemorates the day during the Pacific War when 680 people took refuge in the concrete walled, pandanus-thatched church from a Japanese bombing raid. Corporal B. F. Ladd, an American soldier, persuaded them to get into dugouts, as a bomb struck the building shortly after.
moveable in MayNukulaelaeAso o te Tala LeiIsland-specific Gospel Day.
17 SeptemberNiutaoTe Aso o te Setema
21 OctoberFunafutiCyclone DayCommemorates Cyclone Bebe's destruction of Funafuti in 1972.
25 NovemberVaitupuTe Aso Fiafia Commemorates 25 November 1887 which was the date on which the final instalment of a debt of $13,000 was repaid to H. M. Ruge and Company.